Report: Police Search Near 76th and Lyndale in Richfield

According to Police Clips and social media reports, the activity began late Thursday and continued early Friday morning.

Posted Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:04 am CT|Updated Tue, May 7, 2013 at 5:34 pm CT

Police Clips and social media are reporting police activity in Richfield after 11 p.m. Thursday:

Richfield is searching for a suspect in the 76th and Lyndale area with the assistance of MN State Patrol Helicopter ...

Twitter messages tell the same story:

"A man hunt in richfield. Im scared." (11:13 p.m.)
"THERE'S A POLICE CHASE IN RICHFIELD AND IT'S THE MOST EXCITING THING TO HAPPEN IN AWHILE HERE" (11:45 p.m.)
"Why is there a #helicopter hovering over some random street in #richfield #curious" (12:12 a.m.)
"MN and Richfield police/helicopters are looking for a suspect in the 76th on lyndale area." (12:27 a.m.)
"there were about 10 cops spread out from like the richfield-bloomington area trying to find a runner" (12:27 a.m.)

At 12:37 a.m., Police Clips added (based on police scanner reports): "They spent quite awhile searching around the Home Depot. ..."

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